Lesli Messinger, the Democrat facing 10-term U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston on Nov. 6, is spending the week at her party’s national convention in Charlotte, N.C.Messinger, a Savannah businesswoman, is holding two fundraisers at the conclave, said spokeswoman Deborah Dewberry.She’s also has been meeting with members of the Progressive Democrats of America, as well as with officials of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the state party, Dewberry said.Dewberry said Messinger’s strategy still is not to try to engage her Savannah Republican opponent in debates.

Savannah Democratic congressman John Barrow is apparently pleased with his fundraising during the last quarter of 2011.

Thanks to his pals in the Republican-dominated state legislature, his 12th District has been shifted into mostly Democrat-unfriendly territory. He’s put his Savannah home up for sale and plans to move into the new district.

But major political benefactors apparently haven’t given up on him.

He raised more than $273,000 in the last three months of the year and has banked almost $904,000.

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have been raffling off face time.The Democratic president, some will recall, asks folks to send a few bucks for a chance to join him for dinner at the White House. Lacking the White House as a venue, Republican challenger Romney is asking people to donate and be entered for a drawing; winner gets to fly with him on his campaign plane.Buried deep in e-mails Obama and Romney it tells you that you don’t really have to contribute to be entered.Now U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, Romney’s vice-presidential running mate, is getting into the act.

“ … My thanks to those who voted for my primary opponent Nathan Russo. I hope we can find common ground to work together towards a better economy, more jobs, and sound healthcare for all citizens of Georgia.

This just in from Maria Sheffield, who was short of money but long on fight in her losing bid for the Republican nomination in the 12th Congressional District.

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Tomorrow I am going to have lunch at Chick-fil-A on Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day and support this greatGeorgiacompany under attack from radical liberal organizations who refuse to honor and respect the diversity of Christians in theUnited States.